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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

Vladimir Putin says civilians must be evacuated from Kherson war zone

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A woman in the Kherson region village of Arkhanhelske, formerly occupied by Russian forces. Photograph: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images

Vladimir Putin has warned that civilians still living in the Ukrainian province of Kherson, which Russia declared in September it had annexed, must be “evacuated” from the conflict zone.

“Now, of course, those who live in Kherson should be removed from the zone of the most dangerous actions, because the civilian population should not suffer,” the Russian president said during a meeting with pro-Kremlin activists.

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